Example sentences of "[pers pn] take some [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took some work to show him and he was very generous about it . ’ |
| 2 | I can only say I took some heart in all of this from the following interchange which had taken place on 1 May between my good friend Sir Patrick McNair-Wilson ( Member of Parliament for the New Forest ) and the prime minister , Margaret Thatcher . |
| 3 | Last year , I took some English . |
| 4 | While loading Frankenstein I took some time to read the inlay . |
| 5 | I should say also that I take some comfort from noticing that the judgments were reserved for five months . |
| 6 | Personally , I take some comfort in knowing that I in no way contributed to our exit from Division Two . |
| 7 | I recognise them and with each recognition I take some comfort . |
| 8 | I feel that the facilities provided by the Careers Service have never had greater significance and I take some consolation in knowing that the current team is well structured and dedicated to providing the best possible service in finding careers and fulfilment for graduates from the University ’ . |
| 9 | She took some bread from the pantry cupboard and placed it on the wooden table . |
| 10 | But Sophie loved Felix very much , so she took some money and escaped from her father to search for Felix . |
| 11 | So she took some tea and some bread-and-butter while she thought about it . |
| 12 | In another recent case , two-year-old James Austin , who had been left strapped into his baby seat by his mother , was driven away while she took some refuse to a rubbish dump some 50 yards from her parked car . |
| 13 | But she took some coffee and began to drink . |
| 14 | Gillian snorted as she repeated her husband 's gallantry , but it was plain she took some pleasure in it too . |
| 15 | She took some gravel off the top of the pill-box and threw it through one of the slits . |
| 16 | She cut two thin slices and then , from a plastic container , she took some margarine and spread it on the bread . |
| 17 | As I get older I am coming to believe that our lives are planned before we are born … things happen so fast sometimes as you look back … you can see the pattern plain as day , where you took some turn , or events happened that you had nothing to do with . |
| 18 | the shock , go up to them and say you know , have you had your right amount or have you taken some sugar and very often they 'll pull up and ah yes I 've overdone it . |
| 19 | My God , yes , if you take some sand in your hand , if you look at it closely and also water , and also air , they are all colourless , looked " at in this way . |
| 20 | For example , you take some cheese back to a shop and say , ‘ I 'm returning this cheese because it 's mouldy and I 'd like a refund . ’ |
| 21 | At this stage , you take some water and gently wash the little gravel heap until the brilliant , sparkling flecks of colour show themselves . |
| 22 | Your application will be considered more favourably if you take some money with you . |
| 23 | Yeah , do n't you feel as though you take some care of them . |
| 24 | Er , and if your Lordship is happy to do that then I can open it now and indicate what the case is about and invite you to take some time . |
| 25 | ‘ Shall we take some coffee now ? ’ |
| 26 | A former Conservative agriculture minister , Michael Jopling ( Westmorland and Lonsdale ) , said : ‘ Can not we take some comfort from the fact that our safety rules and our arrangements are such that such a minute dose leads to widespread concern and a Commons statement ? ’ |
| 27 | And in fact , though perhaps it is shocking to admit it , we took some advantage of this dreadful argument during the campaign : we said we did not want to bring personalities into the election , but of course it was important that members of the Council should be responsible people who would not take advantage of their ‘ special position ’ . |
| 28 | In addition to the latest tapes by the Beatles , Joni Mitchell , Bob Dylan , Van Morrison and Neil Young , we took some reference books on shells , fishes and birds — and an 1890 edition of Wallace 's classic The Malay Archipelago . |
| 29 | And one time in Austin it was really bad 'cos we took some acid before we played and I felt really small , like I could n't do anything , like wooahh ! , like vertigo . |
| 30 | In the last two chapters we took some time to reach the chosen texts . |